Medical Student Summer Research

描述(由申请人提供)威斯康星医学院这一长期培训计划的目标是在全职教职人员的监督下，为医学博士候选人提供健全的短期研究经验，并鼓励和激励医学生追求学术医学事业。导师是内科科学家，他们成功地平衡和整合了他们的研究兴趣和病人护理责任。学生在导师的研究实验室或诊所全职工作长达12周，参与研究的方方面面，包括制定研究假设、设计实验、收集、分析和解释研究数据，以及准备口头报告和发表材料。通过为期5周的以案例为基础的“研究中的科学诚信和道德”课程，教师作为小组促进者和案例主持人参与，提供负责任的研究行为方面的辅助培训。建议建立一个行政结构，促进津贴和共享财政资源的有效利用，并提供行政支持、监管监督和项目评估。评估计划包括夏季研究奖学金申请者和获奖者的特点、受训者研究经验的质量以及研究经验对受训者职业规划的影响的总结性和形成性措施。我们特别希望为那些对学术医学事业感兴趣并希望发展调查技能的少数族裔学生培养指导关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant)The objectives of this long-standing training program at the Medical College of Wisconsin are to provide a sound, short-term research experience for M.D. candidates under the supervision of an extramurally-funded member of the full-time faculty and to encourage and stimulate medical students to pursue careers in academic medicine. The preceptors are physician scientists who have been successful in balancing and integrating their research interests and patient care responsibilies.Students work full-time for up to 12 weeks in the preceptor's research laboratory or clinic, participating in all aspects of the research including formulation of research hypotheses, design of experiments, collection, analysis and interpretation of research data, and preparation of material for oral presentation and publication. Ancillary training is provided in the responsible conduct of research through a 5-week, case- based "Scientific Integrity and Ethics in Research" course in which faculty participate as small group facilitators and case moderators.An administrative structure is proposed that promotes efficient use of stipends and shared fiscal resources and provides for administrative support, regulatory oversight, and program assessment. The Evaluation plan includes summative and formative measures of the characteristics of the applicant pool for summer research fellowships and those that receive awards, the quality of the trainees research experience, and the effect of the research experience on the career plans of the trainees. We especially want to foster mentoring relationships for minority students who are interested in careers in academic medicine and want to develop their investigative skills